KINGZDOM

What’s black and white, and red all over? A blushing zebra. A newspaper. And race relations in America, as millions seethe in anger at actor Jussie Smollett for his alleged hoax. Smollett, who is black and gay, claims that he was attacked by Trump-supporting thugs because of his race and gender. In the wake of Chicago police charging Smollett with a felony (filing a false police report), a national firestorm erupted, making the "Empire" star Public Enemy Number One. If Smollett is convicted, he will have rightfully earned that scorn. However, there is a silver lining, as Smollett is single-handedly responsible for two monumental, if temporary, shifts in American thinking: A) For the first time in forever, virtually everyone is united in the race-relations debate. Whites are indignant that they were first implicated as the attackers, when it was nothing of the sort. And blacks are fuming because a black man betrayed them, reversing racial progress and victimizing thos...

R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail Monday after posting $100,000 bail that allows him to go free while awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused four people dating back to 1998, including three underage girls. Hours earlier, the R&B star pleaded not guilty to the allegations after spending the weekend behind bars. He said little during the brief arraignment, telling the judge only his name. His lawyers spoke on his behalf. The singer-songwriter  was arrested Friday  on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. A judge set bond at $1 million, meaning Kelly had to post 10 percent of that amount to be released. Court records show a 47-year-old woman from the Chicago suburb of Romeoville, Illinois, posted the $100,000 bail and identified herself on the bond slip as “a friend” of Kelly,  according to  the Chicago Tribune. Kelly will be forbidden from having any contact with females younger than 18. The black van that took the entertainer away from th...

Tyga  and  Soulja Boy's   viral beef  has gone from social media to the recording booth. After Soulja bragged about having sex with  Tyga's ex and baby mama Blac Chyna,  the L.A. rapper decided to clap back with a special  L.A. Leakers  freestyle over  Blueface's  "Thotiana." Tyga doesn't hold back. "Nigga call me a G.O.A.T., don't call it a comeback/7 million records, 9 months, where's Soulja at?" Tyga raps on the  L.A. Leakers  show. "I can make the same song, bitches will still play that/Running 'round saying that you made me, why you say that?" Soulja Boy clearly wasn't impressed by the disrespectful verse. The rapper, who still maintains that he had the  biggest comeback of 2018 , fired back with his own "Thotiana Freestyle (Tyga Diss)." In his remix, the SouljaWatch creator boasts about sleeping with Chyna while her son with Tyga was in the other room. “Niggas don’t want drama/Word aro...

After  turning himself in to  Chicago police for  10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse  on Friday night,  R. Kelly  has entered a not guilty plea today (Feb. 25).  CNN confirmed the news earlier today. The new charges stem from four women who claim Kelly sexually abused them at one point in time between 1998 and 2010. His indictment accuses the singer of sexual acts with "three children older than 13 but younger than 17." If convicted, Kelly could receive at least seven years in prison for each count. If he's found guilty on all counts, he would be facing 70 years in prison. Kelly's plea comes nearly two weeks after attorney Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for the alleged victims,  claimed he had an unreleased sex tape of Kelly  engaging in sexual acts with a  minor.  CNN reports that the new video is 42 minutes and 45 seconds long and contains clips of Kelly and an  alleged victim ...

The  Harverd Dropout  is soon to be the Harvard University commencement speaker, as  Lil Pump  has been tapped by the prestigious university to give their 2019 commencement speech. Pump's label Warner Bros. Records announced as much Monday (Feb. 25), and the folks at WHRB Harvard Radio also reached out. If Pump does take the stage to give a commencement speech, he will be the youngest commencement speaker in Harvard history. People like Oprah, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg have previously given commencement speeches at the famed university. “You don’t gotta graduate from Harvard to do this speech," Pump said in a statement. "I dropped out, so they called me like they called the guy that made Windows and PCs and shit before I was born. You just need a cap and gown, which I got. When I found out, I was happy to give everyone a lesson. I’m all about the youth. Yes, they are the future. This is a preview of my speech, one word: ESSK...

It seems like  Soulja Boy  is not a fan of  Tyga . The ostensibly playful beef between the two seemingly began after Soulja  claimed to have had the biggest comeback of 2018 . That notion was  contested by Tyga fans  earlier this year. Since then, Soulja went on to  briefly date Tyga's ex and son's mother, Blac Chyna , and now he's taunting the " Taste " rapper on Twitter. "I fucked yo baby mama and played  Fortnite  with yo son," Soulja in one Tyga-directed tweet Sunday night (Feb. 24). In earlier tweets, Soulja tried to roast T-Raww for being dragged out of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s birthday party this past weekend. "Tyga?!" Soulja tweeted on Sunday night (Feb. 24) with laughing emojis and a photo of Tyga from  his incident at Floyd Mayweather's birthday party  on Saturday. He then went on to write in a now-deleted tweet, "Me and Blac Chyna could neva work she like niggaz like Tyga lol." There are rumors that ...